Sing4Him
March 16th, 2008, 10:13 PM
Jews, Arabs, Americans join Jerusalem Palm Sunday march
Last update - 23:10 16/03/2008
Waving palm fronds, thousands of Christians from around the world celebrated Palm Sunday, walking the path they believe Jesus rode on his donkey as he entered Jerusalem days before his crucifixion.
The procession with the top Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, Patriarch Michel Sabbah, started at the Bethphage Church, where tradition says Jesus mounted the donkey. Participants walked up to the Mount of Olives, then down to the ancient stone walls of the Old City...
Even some Jewish Israelis joined the procession this year as part of a course they are taking called Between Judaism and Christianity. Their Hebrew mixed with the Arabic of the Palestinian teenage scouts from the West Bank city of Ramallah in the courtyard of the Bethphage Church as they waited for the patriarch to arrive.
Israel granted the Palestinian scouts special permission to enter Jerusalem for the festivities. For many years, during the height of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, they were not allowed in, the scouts said. ....
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=964773&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1
wow...
Last update - 23:10 16/03/2008
Waving palm fronds, thousands of Christians from around the world celebrated Palm Sunday, walking the path they believe Jesus rode on his donkey as he entered Jerusalem days before his crucifixion.
The procession with the top Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, Patriarch Michel Sabbah, started at the Bethphage Church, where tradition says Jesus mounted the donkey. Participants walked up to the Mount of Olives, then down to the ancient stone walls of the Old City...
Even some Jewish Israelis joined the procession this year as part of a course they are taking called Between Judaism and Christianity. Their Hebrew mixed with the Arabic of the Palestinian teenage scouts from the West Bank city of Ramallah in the courtyard of the Bethphage Church as they waited for the patriarch to arrive.
Israel granted the Palestinian scouts special permission to enter Jerusalem for the festivities. For many years, during the height of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, they were not allowed in, the scouts said. ....
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=964773&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1
wow...